The ENCC cannot accept police raids in cultural spaces that have been funded by the authorities to be safe havens for artistic activities by migrants.

On 9/02/2018, Globe Aroma arts centre, in Brussels, was raided by the police, who arrested several persons without documents. Globe Aroma defines itself as an open arts centre, accessible to everyone, in particular newly arrived migrants who want to practice an artistic activity, as well as migrants who are professional artists.

Discussion and negotiations are starting at the European level concerning the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In the context of pressure from national governments to respond to the departure of Great Britain with budget cuts, we, the cultural sector, must act to ensure that funding for culture is not affected by those cuts.

Across Europe, cultural centres engage citizens in a variety of artistic and social activities. But what are the their characteristics, what kinds of citizen participation take place in them, and to what effects? This has been investigated in RECcORD, a European research project involving 38 cultural centers and researchers Birgit Eriksson, Carsten Stage and Camilla Møhring Reestorff from Aarhus University.

This year, for the first time, members of the ENCC Team attended the Cultura Viva Comunitaria Cultural Congress of Latin America. The meeting brought together organizations from 18 Latin-American countries, and was organized by the network Cultura Viva Comunitarias Ecuador, in cooperation with local and international partners.

From Olesnica to Hildesheim we have explored best practices in European rural areas and created a framework for cooperation between academia, cultural centres, European networks, local governments and citizens.

The ENCC is one of the signatories of the Statement by the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts on the European Commission’s Communication “Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture”. Read the full text of the statement and the communication in our resources.

During the General Assembly on April 7th 2017 in Segovia, Céline D'Ambrosio, Gabriele Gerbasits, Ljiljana Perišić and Søren Søeborg Ohlsen were elected to the board of the European Network of Cultural Centres.

They bring their national and European experience and their full engagement in promoting the ENCC values.

ARCUB - The Cultural Centre of Bucharest Municipality (Romania), Council Cultural Centre Mielec (Poland) and LE LABA (France) have joined the ENCC

It is a very positive kick-off to the new year to welcome these three new organisations to join the ENCC. Even more exciting, they come from Romania and France, where the ENCC has not been represented so far, and from Poland, where we’re focusing on promoting and supporting of the idea of regional networking in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship region. We are looking forward to working together!

60 years ago, the treaties of Rome prepared the ground for the European Union. When celebrating their 60th anniversary in March this year, Member States will have the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to fundamental European values whilst creating a new understanding of a sustainable European project, deeply grounded in the European societies.

This is essential in times of deep societal changes, when European citizens feel disconnected to the Union. It is vital in a time, when Europe faces major political challenges and needs to redefine its global positioning.

Our partners from the University of Hildesheim prepared a special invitation for the joint meeting Travelling Academy 2017!

The invitation was screened at our conference in Olesnica "Culture for Shared, Smart, Innovative Territories - Towards 2020 European Regional Development" as the topic of this meeting will be followed up and developed during the next Travelling Academy (8-10 February 2017).

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European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC) unites regional and national networks across European Union, representing over 3000 cultural centres with over 40 million visitors per year.

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